NOUN | attribute | minuteness, diminutiveness, petiteness, tininess, weeness | the property of being very small in size |
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attribute | minuteness | great precision |
Meaning | The property of being very small in size. | |
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Example | "hence the minuteness of detail in the painting" | |
Synonyms | diminutiveness, petiteness, tininess, weeness | |
Broader | smallness, littleness | The property of having a relatively small size |
Spanish | menudencia, menudez | |
Catalan | menudència, menuderia | |
Adjectives | minute | infinitely or immeasurably small |
Meaning | Great precision; painstaking attention to details. | |
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Example | "he examined the essay with the greatest minuteness" | |
Broader | exactness, exactitude | The quality of being exact / exact |
Adjectives | minute | characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination |
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